Henry VIII

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Henry VIII

On June 28, 1941 Henry the VIII of England was born. This young

man will form his own church. He will succeed to the throne in 1509. He

will also marry six women! Something good will happen when he is king,

he will unite England and Wales and will also do some bad things like

executing people who would not follow his rules. In 1539, the Act of

Supremacy declared Henry to be the head of the Church of England.

King Henry the VIII of England had a good side and a bad side.

Though popular with the people of England and also very talented he had

many bad times and many good times for himself. Henry was not only

selfish but, also handsome and had a hearty personality, he was also a gifted

scholar, linguist, composer, and a musician. He was talented at many sports

and was also good with the ladies. Henry was the second son and the third

child of his father. Henry the VIII died in 1509, the only reason Henry would

become king is because of his brothers, Arthur, death in April of 1502.

Soon after that, Henry would marry his first wife, his brother (Arthur's)

widow, Catherine of Aragon. Many wifes would follow after her.

During most of his early reign, Henry relied on Thomas Cardinal

Wosley to do much of the political and religious activities. Henry soon got

tired of his marriage with Catherine of Aragon, so he decides that he doesn't

want to be married to her anymore, so he tells Thomas Wosley to talk to the

pope so he can divorce Catherine. But, Cardinal Wosley wasn't able to

convince the pope, so in 1529 Henry took Wosley's authority away from him.

Henry then appointed Sir Thomas More. Henry then got that divorce through

Thomas Cramner, that he wanted with Catherine of Aragon and then married

Anne Boleyn. Cramner now the Arch Bishop of Canterbury, made Henry's

marriage with Catherine void and his marriage with Anne valid. This made

the Pope furious. So in 1534, King Henry had the parliament pass a law

saying that the king, not the pope, would from now on be the supreme head

of the Church of England. Since Henry was now in charge of the Church , he

was going to make some changes. He had all the bibles translated into

English. He then had all the people take an oath for this law. But Sir

Thomas More and, then Cardinal, John Fisher wouldn't accept the religious

supremacy of the English monarch, so they were then executed. These

changes gradually led to the formation of the Church of England.

In 1536, Henry accused his second wife, Anne Boleyn of adultery, so

Henry then executed her. A few days after that, he married a young woman

by the name of Jane Seymour. Jane Seymour, Henry's third wife, was the

mother of Henry's only legitimate son, Jane Seymour died after bearing this

certain child. Edward the VI was Henry's only legitimate son. A couple of

years after Jane Seymour had died, Henry decided to marry once again. He

married a german princess by the name of Anne of Cleaves. In 1540, Henry

was told that Anne of Cleaves was a beautiful and pretty young woman. So

then, when Henry finally saw her he thought she was really ugly. So he then

divorced Anne of Cleaves and then beheaded Thomas Cromwell for having

tricked him. Being unloyal to God as much as Henry possibly could, he

made the decision to marry his fifth wife by the name of Catherine Howard.

Catherine Howard was then summarily executed in 1542 for being unchaste

prior to marriage with Henry the VIII and for committing adultery. Henry

had only one more wife to go, in 1543 Henry married his sixth and final wife,

Catherine Parr. Catherine then survived Henry and then lived on to marry

fourth husband.

In 1536, during Henry the VIII's reign, England and Wales were finally

united as one country. During the 1280's, after Edward the I had conquered

Wales, the Welsh people had revolted several times against the English

people, due to Edward's conquer. But, the Welsh people finally accepted the

idea of unity with the English people. In the acts of 1536 and 1543, Henry

joined both Wales and England

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